Carriers Ahoy! Gallery - Poll Open

[trickyrich]

Welcome to the Jungle – RA-5C Vigilante

 

Model: Collect-Aire 1/48thNorth American RA-5C Vigilante

Paint: Mr Hobby (main) and Tamiya Acrylics, Model Master Metalizer Lacquers

Decals: CtA “Welcome to the Jungle” USN Camo set

Extras:

Aires RA-5C Cockpit set

Aires RA-5C Exhaust Nozzles set

Aires RA-5C Wheel Bays

SAC Undercarriage set

 

 

 

 

 

[dfqweofekwpeweiop4]

Here's a completed entry from me! Eduard 1/72 Hellcat Mk II.

 

thanks

Mike

 

 

 

 

[Tyas]

My entry (and my only entry, unfortunately), F-4S Phantom II 153880 from VF-151 Vigilantes, during Phantom Phinal Cruise with USS Kitty Hawk in March 1986. The addition from the standard Hasegawa 1/72nd kit is just a scratchbuilt structural strengthening braces for the underwing and underbody. Otherwise, it is pretty standard and surprisingly easy to built... except the landing gear. Anyway, to the gallery:

[DaveJL]

1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18E, VFA-87 'Golden Warriors' Inherent Resolve, 2017.

Build thread

 

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Dave

[rafalbert]

Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Banshee

Silvering old kit decals, satin varnish drying matt, all good fun!

 

 

 

 

 

[Beard]

Here's my second finished kit.

 

It's the 1/72 Airfix Martlet, finished as a an aircraft of 888 squadron FAA during Operation Torch.

Brush painted with Humbrol and Colourcoats enamels. The transfer are from the kit. Finished with W&N matt varnish.

 

 

 

The build thread is here:

 

Thanks to the organisers, it got me away from Spitfires for a while.

[Pierpaolo]

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat

VF-3 on the USS Lexington 

Airfix 1/72 with quickboost wings and some improvement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[andyf117]

SH-3A BuNo 149918, Modex AT-55, of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 5 (HS-5), USS Essex (CVS-9), the recovery aircraft for the crew of Apollo 7, who splashed down in the Atlantic on 22 October 1968 on completion of their 11-day mission, which was the first manned flight of the Apollo space programme.

 

Old-issue Fujimi kit with mission-specific additions, folded main rotors, brush-painted, and home-printed decals for the main markings - build thread here:

 

[Valkyrie]

Airfix 1/72 new tool Douglas A-4B Skyhawk USS Intrepid. Saw this actual aircraft on the Intrepid carrier museum in New York which inspired the build. Wonderful kit painted with Tamiya light grey rattle can and brush for detail.

 

[Chewbacca]

Trumpeter 1/48 Seahawk FGA6, 804 NAS, HMS BULWARK, Operation Musketeer November 1956

 

Largely build out of the box but with some scratchbuilt embellishments mainly round the cockpit.  Build thread here:

Figures are lightly modified Eduard 1042 US Navy Personnel.  The deck is 5mm MDF covered in 320 gauge Wet & Dry .

 

Paint is a mix of Vallejo, Tamiya and Humbrol, mostly sprayed but details picked out by brush.

 

Overall it was a fun build and the first FAA jet I've done for about 10 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Colin W]

Well Ahoy all.

Here we have a small viginette of Capt Eric 'Winkle' Brown landing the 3rd prototype Vampire and first Sea Vampire on HMS Ocean in 1946.

Kit Classic Airframe 1/48 Vampire FB5. Pilot from PJ production, canopy, hook and main wheels from Aeroclub. Fins, flaps, speed brakes and hook fairing scratch built.

The flaps were 40% larger than normal so hit the deck on the 4th landing and were reduced in chord. Base from a cork board painted in MSG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Tricky Rich for the support and all those who liked and commented

The sequel to this will be Lt Cdr Dunning landing hip Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious in the 11th Hour GB next month.

 

Check out the build details here Vampire First jet carrier landing   here

Cheers Colin

 

[Jabba]

This is my entry for this GB. It is the Hasegawa 1/72 E-2C Hawkeye, with the wing fold set from Wolfpack Design. The deals for VAW-123 "Screwtops" come from various sources, but mainly a Vagabond sheet.

 

The build thread is here. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 11, 2018 by Jabba

[nimrod54]

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat

VF-6 United States Navy

USS Enterprise (CV-6), 1942

 

Airfix 1/72

 

This excellent little kit by Airfix was built in the main OOB, with the only addition being some Eduard seat belts. It was painted with Colourcoats paints and, unusually for me, the panel line detail received a thinned oil pinwash of Abteilung 502 Starship Filth. 

 

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

[nimrod54]

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat

VF-22 United States Navy

USS Independence, 1943

 

Tamiya 1/48

 

My second Wildcat build was this Tamiya kit, built OOB again with a set of Eduard belts the only addition. Finished with Colourcoats paints using Non-Specular Sea Blue on the upper fuselage, Intermediate Blue on the fuselage sides, Semi-Gloss Sea Blue on the wing and tailplane upper surfaces and White undersides.

 

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

[Dermo245]

Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King of Helicopter Squadron 4, USS Hornet, July 1969, Apollo Recovery Flight.

The build thread is here but to recap:

 

Kit: Cyber Hobby SH-3D Sea King

Decals: Kit for stencils, markings from Apollo Decals

Paint: White from a rattle can, all others Revell Acrylics by brush. Future and Flory Models Wash

Extras: Scratchbuilt camera mount, Yagi antennae

Other: Lovely moulded details & build sequence; odd, wrong or missing details; confusing instructions!

 

Cyber Hobby SH-3D Helo 66 (1) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Cyber Hobby SH-3D Helo 66 (2) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Cyber Hobby SH-3D Helo 66 (4) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Cyber Hobby SH-3D Helo 66 (7) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Cyber Hobby SH-3D Helo 66 (14) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr

 

Cheers,

Dermot

 

[Grey Beema]

Well I have done it, completed my first Group Build.  First off thank you everyone for your help and support, I have really enjoyed the experience and think I'll have a go at another.  Roll on Pacific War...

 

 

Grumman Hellcat I  JV132/E^oF

800 NAS HMS Emperor Operation Tungsten & Operations off Norway May 1944

08.05.44 FW190 Destroyed

15.05.44 He115 Destroyed, He115 Shared Destroyed.

Lt B Ritchie RNVR

 

 

 

 

The model is the 1/48 Eduard Weekend Edition Grumman Hellcat I, which I must say is an excellent model and builds up well (even I can make it look half decent).  It is pretty much built OOB but I have previously built the version with full PE, so I did things like do my own engine wiring, detailed the cockpit with wire etc, built new throttles, opened up the cooling flaps and added a mesh behind the chin intake..  I also cut away the external tank supports and made new ones from aluminium food containers.  Having built the Hellcat before I had spare markings left over which I used to make Lt Ritchie's Hellcat

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Ritchie had 5 confirmed aerial victories and had previously fought during operation Pedestal and Operation Torch in Sea Hurricanes.  Unfortunately Lt Ritchie did not survive WWII and died 12.07.1944.

 

 

Thanks to @trickyrich for running the group build and for everyones support and encouragement throughout.  Looking forward to Pacific War GB now...

 

 

Edited July 15, 2018 by Grey Beema
Corrected the deliberate mistake..

[Grey Beema]

As well as the Hellcat I, I also attempted a Sea Hurricane Ia in this group build.

 

Hawker Sea Hurricane Ia Z4550/G

800 NAS HMS Indomitable, Operation Pedestal Aug 1942

12.08.42 Ju88 & S79 Destroyed, Ju88 Probably Destroyed, S84 Shared Destroyed (LtCdr JM Bruen)

12.08.42 Ju88 Destroyed, Ju88 Damaged (Lt WH Martyn)

Lt Cdr JM Bruen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The model is the Airfix 1/48 Sea Hurricane Ia.  It really is a terrific kit which rewards taking your time over building it up.  There are a few things however which are missing, namely the headrest, the oil collector ring and the rear view mirror which have all been added.

 

I have previously built a pair of Airfix 1/48 Hurricanes which I did as RAF Hurricanes flown by RN pilots during the battle, so I was reasonably familiar with the kit.  @Beard has inspired me to build another the represent Lt DM Jerams middle east Trop. Hurricane but that is for another day.  The markings come from spares I had from the Italeri Sea Hurricane kit that I have built in the past (its lingering around in the background in some of the photos) a special mention goes out to @Graham Boak for help he gave me in confirming the markings for Lt Cdr JM Bruens aircraft.  The Saint stickman was home made..

 

Lt Cdr JM Bruen was Irish born and in action from 1940 with a record of 4 Aircraft destroyed, 4 shared destroyed, 2 damaged, 2 shared damaged, 1 shared damaged on the ground, flying Skuas, Fulmars and Hurricanes, commanding 803 NAS & 800 NAS.  JM Bruen survived the war..

 

Again a big thank you @trickyrich for running the group build and for everyone's support and encouragement throughout. 

 

Edited July 14, 2018 by Grey Beema

[wimbledon99]

'Jolly Rogers' F-4J Phantom (Revell 1:72)

 

Build is here if you are interested.

 

Thanks to Rich for a great GB

 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[825]

Hawker Osprey, 803 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Eagle, 1933. 

 

1:72 Amodel kit which did present some challenges, some created by me. Out of the box apart from seat belts, brush painted with Tamiya Aluminium and Xtracrylix Light Aircraft Grey for the Cerrux grey. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JOCKNEY]

FROG 1/72  Barracuda Mk.II

829 Squadron , Fleet Air Arm, HMS Victorious 

Flew on the mission to Attack the German Battleship Tirpitz, 1944

This was an ancient kit, that's been in the stash longer than I can remember.

Thanks for all the encouragement to get this one finished, photos below

cheers Pat

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Knight_Flyer]

1/72 Airfix
Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero, Carrier Div. 1, IJN Carrier Akagi
Lt. Saburo Shindo

 

Build thread:

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235035415-172-airfix-mitsubishi-zero-ijn-carrier-akagi/

 

 

 

 

Edited July 15, 2018 by Knight_Flyer

[nimrod54]

"TAKE OFF"

EA-18G GROWLER on CVN Deck

 

Dragon 1/144

 

This small diorama is my last entry for this group build. Whilst the title says that this aircraft is a -18G, research shows the BuNo 165166 to be an F/A-18F and in this scheme represents one of the Growler development airframes. From the few photos that I have found of the aircraft the -18G specific wingtip pods were not carried and so I have chosen not to fit those.

Further study of -18 carrier launch videos showed that pre-launch the control surfaces were at all angles, and so I dropped the flaps and wing leading edges, angled the rudders inwards and the tailplanes were deflected to represent this.

 

 

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

[bianfuxia]

This is the JMSDF Izumo, nominally a DDH (helicopter destroyer) but actually an aircraft carrier larger than the HMS Ark Royal (both of them). Nice Hasegawa kit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bianfuxia]

And this is my USS Bogue, with thanks to those who helped me build it and paint its planes. I didn't get nearly as many done as I would have liked but there's a few here at least.

 

It's Tamiya in 1/700.

 

 

 

 

 

[PhantomBigStu]

Hasegawa f-18e vfa27, painted with xtracrylix compass greys and varnished with Winsor and Newton Matt.